We performed a comparison between DD Boost and Dell Avamar based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out in this report how the two Deduplication Software solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI."The most valuable features are the performance and the duplication."
"The solution is very easy to manage. That's its most valuable feature."
"The solution is quite scalable. An organization shouldn't have any problem expanding if they use this solution."
"The functionality is very good. DD Boost and DD entry replication are used in almost all backup concepts. Those are the most used features."
"It's a stable solution."
"The most valuable feature of this solution is deduplication."
"The solution is very good because it is easy to use and it speeds up the backup and lowers the requirement for the storage rate. It is capable of encryption, compression, and deduplication and it is fast for sending all of the data over the network because it sends only the change blocks from the client to the DD server."
"The dependable protocol and stability of DD Boost are its most valuable characteristics. We encountered no connectivity issues when connecting the backup appliance to DD Boost, and we received no customer complaints about this aspect. Primarily, the smooth communication and connectivity between the server and storage were the main strengths."
"It is one of the best solutions for backing up Oracle and other servers."
"I think the brand is very good. Support is also very nice for end users and integration with EMC products for businesses."
"The tool's most valuable features are backup management and speed."
"I have found the product to be scalable."
"I found the most valuable features of Dell Avamar are the user-friendly interface and ease to use. Our clients have administrated this software and there is no additional training required."
"The setup is very easy."
"Effective in protecting the virtualization system and end points."
"The backup is the solution's most valuable feature. It's very reliable."
"The solution could always be cheaper."
"The solution could be faster."
"It should be expanded to include other databases and software. It should also be made easier to restore."
"When my company faced a problem with the product, it took some time to get proper support."
"The solution doesn't scale. If you hit your capacity, you need to buy a new device."
"Though the customer uses the product, they don't receive active support from DD Boost even though they pay for it."
"Some competitors may not allow the use of DD Boost with their data management systems. The application process is not determined at the source site but on the estimation side."
"There are some limitations where you cannot use it as a shared server or as a file server, it is limited for the only backup."
"Dell hasn't done a good job at handling these upgrades, or the way EMC used to handle them."
"The interface has room for improvement. It's not ideal right now."
"If you don't have DPA, the reporting features are not as user-friendly, so reporting is something that they can improve on."
"It is very scalable, and that's its claim to fame, but that also makes it hard to make changes. Anytime there is a large piece of software, changing that piece of software is harder. You've got a larger install base, so you can't just rapidly change. We also use another product called Veeam, and it has this new feature called Continuous Data Protection, which basically lets you get very close to the way the system was in time. We have a system or two up there on which we have set 10 minutes Continuous Data Protection. So, we can roll it back to whatever it was 10 minutes ago, 20 minutes ago, or 30 minutes ago. This feature doesn't exist in Avamar Data Domain. That's the one feature I'd like to see first."
"Avamar needs a greater emphasis on storage targets. If it's going to keep pace with the times, it needs more ability to leverage cloud storage."
"Setting up Avamar wasn't so easy, and we had a partner doing the installation for us. Though it was hard at first, it's getting better. The main difficulty was finding plugins for Oracle Database. It took some time to open a ticket with Dell, but everything was fine after that."
"We don't trust the product 100 percent. Kaspersky has many features Dell Avamar doesn't support, such as granular backup and history."
"The product could be improved by simplifying the components available."
DD Boost is ranked 4th in Deduplication Software with 32 reviews while Dell Avamar is ranked 3rd in Deduplication Software with 81 reviews. DD Boost is rated 8.6, while Dell Avamar is rated 7.6. The top reviewer of DD Boost writes "Enhancing backup and recovery operations and accelerating backup and restore processes while seamlessly integrating with various backup software applications". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Dell Avamar writes "Stable, integrates well with other solutions, and has a good price, but its UI needs a refresh". DD Boost is most compared with HPE StoreOnce, Dell PowerProtect DD (Data Domain), Veritas NetBackup Appliance, Dell PowerProtect Data Manager and Quantum DXi Series, whereas Dell Avamar is most compared with Dell PowerProtect Data Manager, Veeam Backup & Replication, Dell NetWorker, Dell PowerProtect DP (IDPA) and Dell Data Protection Advisor. See our DD Boost vs. Dell Avamar report.
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